Do you ever have one of those weeks where you should be excited about your weekend plans, but all you want to do is cancel all of them and not leave your bed? I don’t know if was stress from finishing the year up at work, hormones, falling and banging up my knee, or theContinue reading “Juknokwon Bamboo Forest”
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Less Then 48 Hours in Seoul
I have lived in Korea for 10 months and have yet been up to Seoul 서울시. Well, outside my 14-day quarantine, that is. My friend Sam and I decided that we deserved to treat ourselves for New Year’s. Even with a 9pm Covid related restaurant and bar curfew, we were determined to celebrate the pastContinue reading “Less Then 48 Hours in Seoul”
Small Town Living in South Korea Featuring A Cult, Mud, and Some Chickens
Somedays, I feel like describing where I live is like telling a tale of two Cheonggye’s 청계면. A 30 min busied north of Mokpo in Muan County 무안군, Cheonggye is a farming community, a fishing community, and a college town nestled between mountains and the sea in Jeollanam-do South Korea. I live in the centralContinue reading “Small Town Living in South Korea Featuring A Cult, Mud, and Some Chickens”
Lies About Eating Cheap in Korean
Grocery shopping is everyone’s favorite chore. Some of us wake up early on the weekend or go after work to try to beat the insufferable crowds. The crowds full of screaming children (maybe yours), people leaving their carts in the middle of the aisle or ramming them into you, the chaos and madness of wanderingContinue reading “Lies About Eating Cheap in Korean”
The Wildest 24 Hours of My Life: My First Hoesik
They told me I was going to Boseong 보성군. I did not sign up for what happened next. Since covid, the Korean Hoesik 회식 has been canceled. Hoesik is really any gathering of people to eat, get drunk, and marry; however, it has become synonymous with workplace culture in Korea. Pre-covid, you were expedited toContinue reading “The Wildest 24 Hours of My Life: My First Hoesik”
A Lasting Impression, Busan Part 2
After a night of rest and a strong coffee in the morning to melt the discontent with our run-in with the law the evening before, my friend and I set out on a long bus ride from Haeundae 해운대 to Gamcheon Cultural Village 감천문화마을. The bus ride took us past the ports and Chinatown andContinue reading “A Lasting Impression, Busan Part 2”
A Lasting Impression Busan Part 1
I’ve started and stopped writing this blog several times. For a city that I have been excited to visit since before I even came to Korea I’m having trouble speaking about it. There is one thing that happened on this trip that has really changed my outlook on my future here in Korea, but IContinue reading “A Lasting Impression Busan Part 1”
Jeonju
Jeonju 전주 is the Ancestral home of King Yi Sŏng-Gye 이성계, known as King Taejo 태조, the founder of the Joseon 대조선국 dynasty. This dynasty united (or conquered) Korea for over 5 centuries from 1392 until 1910, when Japan annexed Korea after years of fighting, including two wars on Korean soil. Jeonju is sacred toContinue reading “Jeonju”
Weddings in Korea Part 2
Yep, I said yes to a second wedding after promising never again, but when my co-teacher asked me, I did not have the heart to tell her no. So I woke up early on a Sunday, the weekend after the first wedding, to hop on a bus and take it two hours to the otherContinue reading “Weddings in Korea Part 2”
Weddings in Korea Part 1
After the last wedding I attended/was a part of, I promised myself I would never participate in another one again. Don’t get me wrong, I genuinely believe that it’s an honor to be invited and participate in a wedding. Having a deep bond with someone, even semi-obligatory because they are a blood relation, is specialContinue reading “Weddings in Korea Part 1”
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